tandoor

tan·door

(tän-do͝or′)

n. pl. tan·doors or tan·door·i (-do͝or′ē)

A cylindrical oven made of clay, heated over charcoal or wood, and used in South Asia and Central Asia for baking bread and roasting meat.

[Hindi and Urdu tandūr, from Persian tanūr, tundūr, oven, from Middle Persian tanūr, from Old Iranian tanūra-; akin to Aramaic tannūrā, Akkadian tinūru, and Sumerian duruna, all probably from a substrate source in southwest Asia .]

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tandoor

(ˈtændʊə)

a type of clay oven used in India, Pakistan, and parts of the Middle East

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tan•door

(tɑnˈdʊər)

n., pl. -doors, -door•i (-ˈdʊər i)

a clay oven used esp. in the cooking of N India and Pakistan for roasting and baking at high heat.

[1655–65; < Hindi, Urdu tandūr < Persian tanūr]

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